15th February 2016
As I walked back to the lodgings in Monteverdi tonight, several small orange lights flew around ahead of me and overhead. I've seen fireflies in a few places but these are huge in comparison. You could almost mistake them as a faded torch (flashlight).
Well it's been another bus-tastic day today. The Tica Bus left Granada bang on time (7am). This trip was different from the three others I've taken, in that, the majority of passengers are tourists. People from the four countries North of here, (Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala) either find it too expensive to visit Costa Rica or they can't get a visa so easily.
We made pretty good time overall. The border crossing for the half-full bus took less than an hour. Of course, I made the obligatory Cambio to get rid of Nicaraguan Cordoba and the much needed Costa Rican Colon. It's a very expensive country from what I've seen so far. Prices on par with the West but without the less expensive places we use from day to day.
It seems like a nice country. Less ugly infrastructure and there are actually road signs to be seen. It feels less shady all in all. A little less dirty and less rubbish everywhere.
The place I'm staying at is a home-stay with a vibrant family place out on an edge of the town surrounded by jungle. They grow a lot of different types of veg as well as coffee, and in addition do night tours of the surrounding wilderness ($20), and run cooking classes as well. There were 23 people (mostly American) here having dinner a while ago, whilst 4 or 5 family members helped them create their art in the kitchen. I was given a Chiverre Empanada dessert to try, an extremely delicious sweet empanada, made with a type of squash, sugar and spices. It was simply perfect.
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